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Driver Magician provides a professional solution for backing up, restoring, updating, and removing device drivers in Windows. It automatically detects all hardware components in your system, extracts their corresponding drivers from the hard disk, and securely backs them up to a location of your choice.
When you format, reinstall, or upgrade your operating system, you can easily restore all saved drivers as if using the original driver CD. After a quick system reboot, your PC will be fully operational with all necessary hardware drivers installed and ready to use.
Driver Magician includes a built-in database of the latest drivers and can automatically connect to the Internet to download updates. This feature saves valuable time when searching for compatible drivers, while updated versions help improve hardware performance. Additionally, if your PC contains unknown devices, the program can quickly identify them using its integrated hardware identifier database.
Driver Magician Key features:
- Back up the device drivers on your computer through four supported modes.
- With Driver Magician, you can restore device drivers from a backup instantly with a single click.
- Updating your PC’s device drivers enhances performance and maintains stability.
- Uninstall device drivers
- Keep the device identifier database and driver update database up to date in real time.
- Detect unknown devices.
- Back up more items, such as My Documents and Registry.
- Restore more items from backup.
- Get detailed information about the hardware drivers.
- For ultimate convenience, clone all drivers into a self-contained .EXE package. This enables you to restore drivers instantly, even without Driver Magician installed.
Driver Magician – Pros & Cons
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| ✓ Automatically detects hardware components and backs up their corresponding device drivers to a location of your choice. | ✗ The documented operating-system support is limited to Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, and 11, with no other platforms listed. |
| ✓ Restores saved drivers with a single click, which is useful after formatting, reinstalling, or upgrading Windows. | ✗ Driver updating requires an Internet connection to download newer drivers from the program’s driver database. |
| ✓ Can connect to the Internet to download driver updates and keeps its driver update and hardware identifier databases current. | ✗ The wide range of backup and restore options extends beyond drivers and may be unnecessary for users who only need a basic driver backup utility. |
| ✓ Supports creating a self-contained EXE driver backup that can restore drivers without requiring Driver Magician to be installed. | ✗ Driver restoration is most useful when a suitable backup has already been created, so it does not replace the need to prepare a driver backup before reinstalling or upgrading Windows. |
| ✓ It goes beyond driver backup by supporting driver removal, unknown-device detection, hardware-driver details, and additional backup items such as My Documents and the Registry. | ✗ The driver update database may not immediately support every device, although the latest release specifically adds support for more devices. |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Driver Magician used for?
Driver Magician used for Windows utility designed to back up, restore, update, and remove device drivers on a computer. It can automatically detect installed hardware and save the corresponding drivers to a location of your choice.
Can Driver Magician restore drivers after reinstalling Windows?
Yes. Saved drivers can be restored after formatting, reinstalling, or upgrading Windows, helping return the system to a usable state without searching for every driver again. The software can restore backed-up drivers with a single click.
Can Driver Magician identify unknown devices?
Yes. Its integrated hardware identifier database can help identify unknown devices that Windows does not recognize correctly. This can make it easier to determine which driver is needed for unsupported or missing hardware.
Can Driver Magician create a standalone backup of device drivers?
Yes. It can package backed-up drivers into a self-contained EXE file that can restore the drivers even when Driver Magician is not installed. This can be useful for keeping a portable driver backup before reinstalling or upgrading Windows.
What is the difference between Driver Magician and DriverMax?
Driver Magician combines driver backup and restoration with driver updating, removal, unknown-device detection, and self-contained driver packages. DriverMax also focuses on finding and updating Windows drivers and supports a large range of hardware devices, making it more focused on locating current drivers for different PC hardware.
What’s New in Driver Magician 6.5:
Release Date 2026-01-19
- Add more devices to the driver update database.
Official Homepage – https://www.drivermagician.com
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11 (32-bit, 64-bit).
50 MB of available disk space for installation.
